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motion of Letters Patent.

Application on M a, 1m. lat-tel In. than.

Inflated lopt. 98, 1908.

To all whom. it may concern.

Be it known that I, Uaasos Banana, a citizen of the United States,residing at l'Inders, in the county of Dauphin and State ofPennsylvania. have invented certain new and useful lmprovelm-nts inSwingletree- Ilooks, of which the following is a s wcilicatmn.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inswingletrcehmiks, the object being to provide a hook which is soconstructed that the trace will be sccurcl locked after once placedtherein, so that a l danger of it accidentally coming out is prevented.

further object of my invention is to provide a a wing member for closingthe hook provider with a socket at its end adapted to receive. a ballformed on the end of a book, so tlnflafter the trace is forced over thehook, the spring will close the opening of the book.

These objects are obtained by the novel arrangement and construction ofparts hereinafter fully described and shown in the accompanying drawn inwhich:

Figure l isa top view of my improved swingletrce hook showin it attachedto a swingletrce. Fig. 2, is a siiie elevation of the some, and, Fig. 3,is a top view partly in section showin the manner of connecting thespring to the took.

In the drawings A, indicates a socket forming the body of my improvedswingletree book, which is placed over the end of a swingletrce B, andsecured thereto by a rivet or bolt 0, passing transversely through theswmgletree, so as to securely lock it thereon, and It will be seen thatthe strain of the book will be brought directly on the swin 'letree.

Extending out from the end of the iody is a hook member I), )rovidedwith a ball I), at its end, adapted to lit in a socket i formed in theend of a flat sprin E, which is secured by rivets E in a recess crowd inthe body, and it will be seen that the trace or trace book can bereadily slipped over the hook, the spring yielding so as to allow theloop or trace to pass by the same, and then returned to its normalposition, so as to securely close the opening of the hook, the ballfitting in the socket so as to securely hold the spring in its properposition. B this arrsngement the spring will be hel in place andsecurely locked at its end, so as to resist any ircssure which might bebrought against tl ie same by the trace or hook, so as to bend thespring and force it by the end of the hook.

It will be seen that my trace hook is provided with means for holdingthe spring locking member in position and preventing the lockin memberbeing forced rcarwardlv and out o' engagement with the inside hook I).It is also to be noted that by providing this ball and sockethmkingmcmlwr. it is possible for me to use a very much li 'htcr springI'}, for the reason that the bal and socket prevents the spring I) frombeing bent, in other words, holds it strctchml out tightly. While theball and socket acts as a lock, it also facilitates the intrmluction ofthe trace into the hook as the ball 1) allows the trace to easily snapinto place, which would not be the case were a log or other angularsided locking member provided.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1. A swingletree hook comprising a cap likebody adapted to fit over and be sec-anal to the end of a swingletree,said body having a laterally llat hooked portion pro'ectin" therefromprovided with a ball on tie end thereof, and a ilat spring attached tosaid on the outer end thereof having a semisp \erical recess on itsupper face to receive said ball.

2. A swingletreo hook comprising a cap like body adapted to fit over andbe secured to the end of a swingletrce and having a louitudinal recessformed therein, said cap raving ahooked portion projecting therefromirovided with a ball formed on the undersit e of the end thereof, and ailat spring located in the recess of said cap and riveted thereto, theouter'end of said flat spring projecting beneath the end of the hook andpro-' vided with a semi-spherical recess adapted to on 'age with theball on said hook. n tcstimony'whereof I have signed my name to thisspecification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

CARSON C. ENDERS. Witnesses:

G. W. Snuurz, E. M. Snuurz.

